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Infectious disease epidemiologist and biosecurity specialist.
Combining metagenomic and phylogenetic approaches, we recover genotypes of market animals and compare them with those from farms and other markets. This analysis provides the genetic basis for a shortlist of potential intermediate hosts of SARS-CoV-2 to prioritize for serological and viral sampling.
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Genetic Tracing of Market Wildlife and Viruses at the Epicenter of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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The clustering of early cases around the Huanan market reflects where the COVID-19 virus emerged, not just where testing looked
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Disputed The wording matches the Cell abstract verbatim and is reproduced on the Andersen Lab page, but the underlying paper is a multi-author Cell article that lists Saskia Popescu among many coauthors, so it cannot be verified as a single-author quote. ([pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39303692/?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 2h ago
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